I'll tell you what went right.

1. Ice Cube is a draw. Most of his movies have gather $6,000 PTA'a
2. You people seem to be forgeting this one important step: Trailers. The trailer for this movie where funny and people in the audience were laughing. If a trailer gets them laughing, then it will be a good sized hit.
3. Mixed Demographics. Not only did it attract families, but also fans of Cube and urban audiences.

I inspired my 16 million prediction based on this info. To all the people who said that my 16 million prediction (along with Zingling and Samweis) was too high have all been proven wrong (especially you Libs).

Thank You.

Rightttttt, we predicted a movie wrong. And? Don't be *too* modest, Scott.

Scott, you do realize that I predicted $17.2 million before even seeing your predictions, righttttttt? :razz:

That was my derby prediction, soo...

Did you read that one line. To all the people who said that my 16 million prediction (along with Zingling and Samweis), I meant that these were the other people who predicted 16 million or higher. So yes, I already knew.

mwhahaha! I pegged it at 19.6m on wed. I hope it can get there \:D/

Sorry, I misunderstood. #-o

Well, all these facts you listed up Scott, were the reasons why I predicted 16m at the Derby and 18m at UC5.

BUT: We could have been wrong and Are We There Yet?'s Friday-Number could have been about 3-4m. We were just the 'lucky' ones this weekend! :wink:

Friday - $5.7m
Saturday - $5m
Sunday - $2.7m

Therefore, you're wrong, and I will get 100%.

Now, bow!!

Funny thing is your avatar goes perfectly with that. He looks like he's screaming "Now, BOW!!!"

Especially me? Yeah, I was wrong, but I'm not sure you needed to rub it in my face like that.

Anyway, the heavy amount of snow on the East Coast will probably still prevent Are We There Yet? from making more than an even $16M.

Yep, I'm afraid you're right! But the thing is that you can't predict the influence of the weather! :wink:

there seems to be a lot of that going around I think its rood but others may not

Libs, the reason why I picked you was because of this quote you said in another thread.

"I think you're going to be surprised when/if Are We There Yet? doesn't make nearly that much. I'm not getting a vibe from this like I usually do. Plus, I heard it's not tracking well (I won't name my source)"

I am not trying to be rude, but seriously, I think some of your predicting theories are kind of absurd, including some other times you've predicted badly for some other movies (which I am not at liberty to name). Though if you did get offended by rubbing on your face, then I sorry.

BTW, you make some great contributions to the Screen Count/Crowd Reports thread (and being a frequent visitor to one of my sister theaters).

*cough*cocky*cough*

Sorry, Scott.... but honestly....

I really hope you're right.

Oh and let's not forget Libs' $120 million prediction for Hulk. Not that was ridiculous, eh?... *cough*

Why Dr. L ? You have not even seen the movie and you are piling on it.

Because of the predictions I made in box-office games that I participate in. Logical enough?

Then it is perfectly logical

Really? I thought he was totally modest! :razz: :wink:

Scott, you just come off as really arrogrant. Yes, I've predicted badly before. So has everyone else. You shouldn't make it sound like you've never ever gotten anything wrong before, because I gurantee that's not true.

Why do people become so consumed by their accuracies and successes when predicting the box office?

People...at the end of the day its only statistics. Predicting the box office can be fun - but need it be an excuse to create arguments and bragging matches about whos more accurate than who? I think not.
If I don't nail a number one week my arms aren't going to fall off, nor will my head explode ... (touch wood), so whats the big deal?

If you save a kitten from a towering inferno, then sure you deserve fanfare et all, but nailing a box office figure before rubbing it in over the net.....spare me?

Everyone has had atleast one bad, gutsy prediction. Everyone. And because of that, no one is the perfect box office predictor.

I'm not trying to be arrogant. It is that sometimes when I get things right, I like to be the center of attention (Remember my Vicotry Thread at BOM). I don't really know why, it just in my Autistic DNA.

And to all of you, I am sorry if I am taking this personally. I just don't want to be hated.

My Stepford Wives prediction comes to mind... something like $8.9 million opening weekend, and $21 million total. Ouch. That was bad!